capital city
C21
concept
A capital city is the municipality designated as the official seat of a country's or region's government, typically hosting its central administrative, legislative, and often judicial institutions.
All labels observed (29)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| capital city canonical | 414 |
| provincial capital | 188 |
| state capital | 131 |
| former capital | 85 |
| regional capital | 54 |
| seat of legislature | 52 |
| seat of parliament | 24 |
| former national capital | 19 |
| national capital | 17 |
| U.S. state capital | 12 |
| administrative capital | 5 |
| federal city | 3 |
| Capital city | 2 |
| de facto capital | 2 |
| Cherokee capital | 1 |
| capital city in Azeroth | 1 |
| capital city title | 1 |
| capital city type | 1 |
| capital municipality | 1 |
| capital of Egypt | 1 |
| capital of France | 1 |
| capital of Gondor | 1 |
| legislative capital | 1 |
| national capitol | 1 |
| prefecture capital | 1 |
| столица | 1 |
| عاصمة إقليم | 1 |
| عاصمة وطنية | 1 |
| დედაქალაქი | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: capital city
Generated description
A capital city is the municipality designated as the official seat of a country's or region's government, typically hosting its central administrative, legislative, and often judicial institutions.
Instances (1,008)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
|
ancient city of Augusta Emerita
surface form:
Augusta Emerita
|
provincial capital |
| Kangar, Perlis | state capital |
| Victoria, Seychelles | — |
|
Paraná city
surface form:
Paraná (city)
|
provincial capital |
| Tougué | prefecture capital |
| Maseru | national capital |
| Golden City of Wakanda | — |
| Baton Rouge, Louisiana | state capital |
| Innwa | former capital |
| Ashgabat | — |
| Atil | former capital |
|
Quebec City (typical seat of Quebec ministries, exact address not confirmed)
surface form:
Quebec City
|
provincial capital |
| Manila | — |
| Buildings of the European Parliament | seat of parliament |
| Bağçasaray | former capital |
| Thimphu | — |
| modern Jerusalem | — |
| Djibouti City | — |
| Turkmenabat | regional capital |
| Roma | — |
|
town of Balanga
surface form:
Balanga
|
provincial capital |
| Port Moresby | national capital |
| Balkanabat | regional capital |
| Manado | provincial capital |
| Taiyuan | provincial capital |
| Semnan | provincial capital |
| Jinan | provincial capital |
| Kendari | provincial capital |
| Richmond, Virginia | state capital |
|
Bern, Switzerland
surface form:
Bern
|
federal city |
| Harrisburg, Pennsylvania | state capital |
| Madang | provincial capital |
| Los Adaes | former capital |
| Utrecht | provincial capital |
| Novi Grad | — |
| Tashkent | — |
| Baku | — |
| Itil | former capital |
| Qashliq | former capital |
| Georgetown, Guyana | — |
|
Gökçek
surface form:
Ankara
|
— |
| Isker | former capital |
| Fono building | seat of legislature |
| Xianyang | former capital |
| Caras Galadhon | — |
| Naypyidaw | — |
| Bhisho | provincial capital |
|
Innwa (Ava)
surface form:
Innwa
|
former capital |
|
Gaur city (medieval capital in Bengal)
surface form:
Gaur
|
former capital |
| The Bottom, Saba | — |